IE Team Changes IE8’s Default Behavior

Just yesterday, the IE Team announced that they will be changing IE8’s default behavior. Instead of the previously decided default of “IE7 Mode”, IE8 will default to “IE8 Mode” with the option to switch to IE7 mode with the X-UA-Compatible meta tag. Web developers rejoice!
Additional links:
QuirksBlog: IE team changes its mind on IE8 [...]

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Make Word 2007 Save to .doc by Default

While the MS Office 2007 GUI is nice (and maybe even a tad more usable), the (relatively) new docx file format is so proprietary, it’s not even funny. Can Office 2003 users open it? Not without the Microsoft-developed “compatibility pack”. Can OpenOffice users open it? Not without installing a non-standard file [...]

An Alternative to IE8’s "Opt-in Standards Mode"?

There’s been a lot of opinions expressed about the IE team’s introduction of the X-UA-Compatible HTTP header (or, in most cases, a meta tag in the html), otherwise known as Opt-in Standards Mode, with IE8. Most of the opinionators seem to be opposed to the “switch”, while a few (PPK of QuirksMode and Aaron [...]

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Cleaning a FireFox profile

I’m an avid user of FireFox. I’ve set my installation up to sync across dual-boot, mainly as part of the Widows-to-Ubuntu crossover process. I can’t pinpoint the exact date I started using FireFox, but it’s been years…and in those years, I’ve certainly gathered a fair bit of junk.
Most of that junk is leftover [...]

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Reclaiming Disk Space: Windows XP

Summary: Intro, Disclaimer, Apps, HowTo, Footnotes
If you have a computer with Windows XP, a hard drive less than 60 Gigabytes, and a tendency to use the system often, you may have wondered at one time or another, “What happened to my disk space?”
Granted, a quick google will give you hundreds of guides to freeing up [...]